Vaporizer



S. KAMlN VAPORIZER F eb. 4, 1958 Filed April 12, 19.57

INVENTOR. SAM KAM s u ATTORNEYS S. KAMIN Feb. 4, 1958 VAPORIZER 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 Filed April l2. 1957 INVENTOR. SAM K KAM I M Unire States Patent O VAPORIZER Sam Kamin, Houston, Tex. Application April 12, 1957, Serial No. 652,516

4 Claims. (Cl. 219` 38) The present invention relates to a vaporizer for vaporizing perfumes, medications, deodorants, and the like.

An object of the present invention is to provide a vaporizer which is neat and attractive in appearance and which may be used as a night light.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a vaporizer which lends itself to the eiiicient vaporizing of medications for the treatment of respiratory disorders.

A further object of the present invention is to provide a Vaporizer which may be compactly combined in a lamp or clock so as to be readily available for use when desired to vaporize the medication, deodorant, or disinfectant in an enclosure such as a bedroom.

These and other objects and advantages of the present invention will be fully apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the annexed drawings, in which:

Figure l is a perspective view of the combined night light and vaporizer;

Figure 2 is a sectional view, on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 2 2 of Figure 1;

Figure 3 is a fragmentary perspective View of a modified form of the assembly shown in Figures 1 and 2;

Figure 4 is a sectional View, on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 4 4 of Figure 3;

Figure 5 is a perspective View of a further modification;

Figure 6 is a fragmentary sectional view, on an enlarged scale, on the line 6 6 of Figure S;

Figure 7 is a perspective view of a still further modied form of the present invention;

Figure 8 is a fragmentary sectional view, on an enlarged scale, taken on the line 8 8 of Figure 7; and

Figure 9 is a perspective view of yet another modified form of the present invention.

Referring in greater detail to the drawings, in which like numerals indicate like parts throughout the several views, the vaporizer according to the present invention comprises, in the rst form shown in Figures l and 2, a base it) having a flat bottom 11 and a wall 12 extending about and rising from the perimeter of the bottom 11. An upright electric socket 13 is centrally of and supported upon the base with its lower end xedly secured by conventional means'with 'the bottom 11 of the base 16.

A hollow standard 14, fabricated of light transmitting material, is provided with abottom 15 and is Vpositioned so that the bottom 15 is supportedwithin the `upper end of the wall 12 of the base 1G. The standard 14 is substantiaily cylindrical in shape and has a portion adjacent its lower end of reduced diameter to provide a shoulder 16 which abuts the upper end of the wall 12 when the standard 14 is positioned in its superimposed abutting reiation with respect to the base 1).

An upstanding inverted cup-shaped member 17, fabricated of heat and light transmitting material, has a concavely curved top 13 on its upper end and has its lower end 19 formed integrally with the standard bottom 15. The member 17 is positioned so that the top 18 is rice spaced above the standard bottom 15 and above the upper end of the wall 12.

An upstanding incandescent bulb 21 is mounted in the socket 13 and has the portion adjacent its upper end housed within and spaced from the member 17. A heating element 22, sealed in a suitable waterproof casing, is seated within a groove provided in the upper face of the standard bottom 15 and is electrically connected to a switch 23 and to the bulb 21 and is energized by the connection of an electrical conduit 24 to a source of current.

The exterior surface of the cup-shaped member 17 is provided with a plurality of upwardlysloping rings which form open troughs 25 arranged in superimposed spaced relation and with the concave top of the cup-shaped member 17 forming liquid retaining and vaporizing surfaces for a body of vaporizable liquid when the liquid is within the standard 14 and surrounds the cup-shaped member 17.

The standard 14 embodies a cage having an open top over which is positioned and to which is attached a plurality of vapor current forming and deecting means. In the form of the invention shown in Figures l and 2, means is tixed and comprises a lower ring 26, an upper ring 27, and a concentrically disposed conically shaped element 28. The rings 26, 27, and the element 28 are connected to the upper end of the standard 14 by spokes 29, 31, and 32, respectively. When not in use, the standard 14 may be closed by a suitable cover 33, shown in dotted lines in Figure 2, so that the interior of the standard 14 is protected from dust. In the modilied form of the invention shown in Figures 3 and 4, the standard 34 is provided adjacent its upper end with a spider element 35 through the central portion of which extends a support rod 36 having mounted thereon a conically shaped element 37 for rotation about the rod 36 as an axis. A bead 38 supports the element 37 upon the spider element 35 for relatively friction free rotation thereabout. The element '37 is connected to an upper ring 39 and the lower ring 41 by means of spoke members 42 and 43. The rings 39 and 41 are provided with sloping tins 44 which are engaged by the rising column of vair within the standard 34 and effect the rotation of the rings 39 and 41 and the element 37 in such a manner as to be eye-catching, it being understood that the standard 34 is provided with the same components as the form shown in Figures l and 2 for the vaporization of a liquid by heat.

In Figures 5 and 6, a modified form of the invention is shown in which a base 45 incloses and supports the same components as heretofore described with reference to the base 10 and an upstanding shell 46 having a closed upper end portion 47 supports thereon a socket 48 having an incandescent bulb 49 secured thereto. A lamps'nade 51 surrounds the bulb 49 and is supported thereon in the conventional manner. The exterior wall or" the shell 46 is provided with a plurality of discharge ports 52 arranged in spaced relation thereon. In this form of the invention, the shell 46 constitutes a cage closed at the top and the ports 52 provide means for dispensing the vaporized liquid generatedptherein bythe same means as was described with reference to the standard 14.A

In Figures 7 and 8, afurther modification of the present invention is shown in which a base 53 has a bottom 54 and an upstanding wall 55 extending around the perimeter of the bottom 54. A standard, in this modied form of the invention, is indicated by the reference numeral 56 and includes a hollow post 57 concentricaliy arranged with respect to the shell imperforate rim or cage 58 which extends about and is attached to the perimeter of the bottom 59 of the standard 56. The space above the bottom 59 between the post 57 and the Patented Feb. 4, s

cage 53 is subdivided by upright partitions 61 and 62 into a large compartment and a small compartment. An upstanding cup-shaped member 63 rises from the bottom 59 within the small compartment and is provided on its upper end with a concave top n4 and betwee its upper and lower ends a plurality of upwardly sloping rings constituting troughs 65; A tubular incandescent lamp bulb 66 is positioned within the member o3 and spaced therefrom and is supported in an electrical Socke 67 wired in circuit with another socket dS ou the upper end of the post 57. A socket 68 supports a bulb 69 and thereupon is detachably secured a lampshade 71 in the conventional manner.

In Figure 9, a still further modiiied form of the present invention is shown in which the clock is supported upon the upper end of a post 73 which rises from the central portion of a bottom of a standard designated genorally by the reference numeral 74. The standard 7d includes an upstanding cage 75' fabricated of imperforate material and rising from the perimeter of the bottom of the standard 74. A base 76 supports the standard 7d and the reference numeral 77 designates generally the same vaporizing component shown in Figures 7 and 8 and including the cup-shaped member 63 of those iigures.

Each of the forms of the invention heretofore described provides a means for incorporating in a single unitary structure a vaporizer and a night light or The clock 72 may be incorporated in the post 57 of the form shown in Figures 7' and 8, if desired, or may be used apart from any lamp structure, as shown in Figure 9.

The present invention in each of its illustrated forms provides a means for having at hand a vaporizer in an enclosure such as a bedroom and enabling trie user thereof to elhciently vaporize a liquid medication, perfume, deodorant, or disinfectant within such room.

What is claimed is:

l. in a vaporizer, a base having a bottom and a wall extending about and rising from the perimeter of said bottom, an electric socket supported upon said base bottom, a hollow standard having a bottom positioned so that the bottom is supported within the upper end of said base wall, an upstanding inverted cup-shaped member fabricated of heat and light transmitting material and having a concavely curved top positioned so that the top is spaced above said standard bottom and having the lower end attached to said standard bottom, and an upstanding incandescent bulb mounted in said socket and having the portion adjacent the upper end housed within and spaced from said cup-shaped member, said member having on the exterior surface between the upper and lower ends thereof a plurality of open troughs arranged in superimposed spaced relation, the concave top of said member and each of said troughs forming liquid retaining and vaporizing surfaces for the body of vaporizable liquid when surrounding said cup-shaped member.

2. In a vaporizer, a base having a bottom and a wall extending about and rising from the perimeter of said bottom, an electric socket supported upon said base bottom, a hollow standard having a bottom and an irnperforated upstanding cage extending about and attached to the perimeter of said bottom positioned so that the bottom is supported within the upper end of said base wall, an upstanding inverted cup-shaped member fabricated of heat and light transmitting material and having a concavely curved top positioned so that the top is spaced above said standard bottom and having the lower end attached to said standard bottom, and an opstanding incandescent bulb mounted in said socket and having the portion adjacent the upper end housed within and spaced from said cup-shaped member, said member having on the exterior surface between the upper and lower ends thereof a plurality of open troughs arranged in superimposed spaced relation, the concave top of said member and each of said troughs forming liquid retaining and vaporizing surfaces for the body of vaporizable liquid when surrounding said cup-shaped member.

3. In a vaporizer, a base having a bottom and a wall extending about and rising from the perimeter of said bottom, an electric socket supported upon said base bottom, a hollow standard having a bottom and an imperforate upstanding cage extending about and attached to the perimeter of said bottom, said cage being closed at the top and having a plurality of discharge ports arranged in spaced relation therearound, said standard being positioned so that the bottom is supported within the upper end of said base wall, an upstanding inverted cupshaped member fabricated of heat and light-transmitting material and having a concavely curved top positioned so that the top is spaced above said standard bottomv and having the lower end attached to said standard bo1 tom, and an upstanding incandescent bulb mounted in said socket and having the portion adjacent the upper end housed within and spaced from sai-d cup-shaped member, said member having on the exterior surface between the upper and lower ends thereof a plurality of open troughs arranged in superimposed spaced relation, the concave top of said member and each of said troughs forming liquid retaining and vaporizing surfaces for the body of vaporizable liquid when surroundinf said cups'naped member.

4. In a vaporizer, a base having a bottom and a wall extending about and rising from the perimeter of said bottom, an electric socket supported upon said base bottom, a hollow standard having a bottom and an irnperforate upstanding cage extending about and attached to the perimeter of said bottom, said cage being open at the top, vapor current forming and detiecting means positioned over the open top of said cage and attached to the latter, said standard being positioned so that the bottom is supported within the upper end of said base wall, `an upstanding inverted cup-shaped member fabricated of heat and light transmitting material and having a concavely curved top position so that the top is spaced above said standard bottom and having the lower end attached to said standard bottom, and an upstanding incandescent bulb mounted in said socket and having the portion adjacent the upper end housed within and spaced from said cup-shaped member, said member having on the exterior surface between the upper and lower ends thereof a plurality of open troughs arranged in superimposed spaced relation, the concave top of said member vand each of said troughs forming liquid retaining and vaporizing surfaces for the body of vaporizable liquid when surrounding said cup-shaped member.

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